cyanotype

cyanotype
/suy an"euh tuyp'/, n.
1. a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
2. a print made by this process.
[1835-45; CYANO-1 + -TYPE]

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